The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-15
Warning That He Will Not Leave
Scotland Alive.
His Words Adding Heat to the Fier,
Political Furnace.


| LONDON. April 14.-The language used
by Mr.. Chamberlain in speaking at the
meetings in Ayr, has influenced the
| Irish against him and he has received
numerous letters warning him that he
will not leave Scotland alive. Speaking
To an assemblage of 900 persons Cham
berlain said:
The opponents of the Grimes Bill
have made an outcry against the repres-
sion of liberty. Liberty to do what To
commit theft: to ruin industrious men:
to outage woman? (Hisses, mingled
with cheersl.
What are you kissing, crime or pun
ishment:" Here man, rising. and
menacing Mr.. Chamberlain. cried: III
is not characteristic of the Irish to out
rage women" An attempt was made to
turn the man out, but Chamberlain
cried out: Leave him alone" Then
he continued: ''Do you want instances
! of insults being offered to women:
Cries of outrage you said. You slander
the lrish.) | do not mean the grossest
and insults. 1Hisses and cheers.) l refer
red To cases like that of the Curtis family
where the lives of the widow and the
daughters of the murdered man We're
made intOlerable: like that of the widow
| of another murdered man. Ryers, who.
while accompanying the dead body of
her husband, was jeered and hoOted
| along the street" Here tine speaker was
interrupted by cries of Watch your
self, misses and general disor,ler).
Il am relating facts To which even
my opponents might listen in the silence
of horror and shame. When | refer
To assassination man here says /:
Take care of yourself Has the time
| come when we dare not discuss political
matters in this country without being
| threatened with assassination: IGreat
cheering. This is the spirit of the par
ties i'm the convention i'm Chicago. am
sorry to know that they have any repre-
sentatives i'm Scotland. [Cries of they
are not Scotchmen. That convention.
besides being attended by delegates
honestly in sympathy with Ireland.
had delegates of different stamp.
apostles of outrage and murder, who
have paid the outrage mOngers of Eng
land. Redmond, a delegate of the Irish
Parliamentary party, explicitly declared
before the convention that it was the
aim of the party to effect the entire
separation of Ireland from England. and
"a haI tn Ea hs.t
ernment of Ireland by England impossi-
Bile. This they seek to effect by the most
immoral conspiracy ever devised i'm
civilized land-by contcnding for liberty
To violate every law, human and divine.
Do you think il infamous to restrain
these men? [Cheers.l
Mr.. Parneil threatened i'm the House of
Commons. under the specious grIise of
warning, that if the Coercion Bill were
passed there would be a renewal of out
RACES, dynamite explosions, and at
tempts To assassinate our statesmen.
This grim suggestion may prove the
death-wOund of some of us. Cries of
mo- 'shame.0 Well, what happens
tn individuals is not of mnch conse-
quence. The danger is tn the Common
wealth. For the first time in English
history our foes have sympathi-
zers within our ancient fortress.
Their plan of attack finds
encouragement from those who ought
tn be the strongest defenders of our cit
adel. This makes our task more ardu-
Gus. But we will not strike. We will
not abate one jot. We will not yield to
threats, from whatever quarter they
come. but we will endeavor to hand
down unimpaired to our children the
unity. strength and honor of the mighty
Empire our forefathers bequeathed to
US
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech excites all
parties. The Unionists consider it a
declaration of war to the knife with the
Separatists. The Gladstonians charge
Nr. Chamberlain with slandering and
villifying his former colleagues by the
insinuation that they sympathize with
the Perpetration of outrages in Ireland.
Ii is asserted that during his tour through
Scotland Mr.. Chamberlain will he at
tended by private guards.